Marian Neagul
Marian Neagul is currently a Post Doctoral Researcher at the Institute eAustria Timisoara. Marian graduated with a B.A. degree in Computer Science from West University of Timisoara (UVT). He obtained his M.S. from UVT in 2011 and a Ph.D. also from UVT in 2015.
Marian’s general research topics cover machine learning, distributed systems, computer networks and operating systems. Lately he has focused on Machine Learning applied to Earth Observation applications, Earth Observation platforms and Cloud Computing, particularly orchestration, deployment and configuration management.
Marian was involved in several research projects ranging from areas like GRID Computing, Cloud Computing up to Digital Preservation. Some of the notable research projects include the FP7 mOSAIC Project (building an PaaS and API for cloud applications), FP7 MODAClouds (focusing on model driven development of cloud applications), H2020 CloudLightning (targeting the research of self organising clouds), H2020 Harmonia and AI4Europe. As part of his work in the afore mentioned projects Marian coauthored more then a dozen research papers in the areas of interest of the projects.
Marian is also involved in standardisation activities with ESA and OGC, particularly in the area of exploitation platforms and EO processing specifications.
Sessions
Welcome to FOSS4G Europe 2026!
ROCS is building Romania’s Earth Observation infrastructure using FOSS4G tools like STAC, COG, Zarr, MinIO SeaweedFS and Kubernetes but also leveraging components from ESAs EOEPCA+ stack. The platform enables scalable, cloud-native data access, processing and analytics. Real-world use cases include crop monitoring, forest compliance, EO education, all developed in an open and reusable manner.
The ROCS project represents a national effort to build a scalable, cloud-native infrastructure for EO data management and analysis in Romania, fully based on FOSS4G tools. The presentation will cover the project’s architectural design, technical stack (including STAC, COG, Zarr, OGC APIs and Kubernetes) and implementation of federated data centers that ensure efficient, distributed EO processing.
A key focus is on real-world applications, including automated crop monitoring, forestry compliance (e.g., EUDR), and the integration of EO tools in education. ROCS is committed to open development, reproducibility and interoperability, aiming to contribute back to the FOSS4G community. The session will be valuable for developers, platform builders and public sector stakeholders interested in building sustainable, cloud-ready EO platforms with open-source technologies.
The talk will also reflect on practical challenges encountered, including the growing concern over license volatility in widely used open-source projects and how this affects long-term sustainability.
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Thank you for coming to FOSS4G Europe 2026!
We hope you had a great time in Timișoara, meet old friends, made new ones and learned a lot about this wonderful open source in geospatial!